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JOZEF SIEMIECZKO, OF KINGSTON, WEST VIRGINIA.

MOUSE-TRAP.

Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 24, 1918.

Application filed June 8, 1918. Serial No. 238,914.

To all whom it' may concern.'

Be it known that I, JOZEF SIEMIECZKO, a citizen of Poland, residing at Kingston, county of Fayette, and State of West Virginia, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Mouse-Traps, of which the Jfollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in mouse traps and has as its special object the provision of a trap which is practically self setting, so that after having been sprung, 1t will reset itself into position to capture succeeding animals. v

A further object is to provide means in which the captive animals are retained until a convenient time for their disposal.

These and other like objects are attained by the novel construction and combination of parts hereinafter described and shown in the accompanying drawing, forming a ma terial part of this disclosure, and in which Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view taken on line 1-1 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 2 is a plan view and horizontal section of the trap, the section being taken on line 2 2 of Fig. 1. v

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary transverse sectional view taken on line 3-3 of Fig. 2, and

Fig. 4 is an enlarged, fragmentary sectional view, showing the. operative means employed.

Thel body 10 of the trap is here shown to be substantially rectangular, and formed with lowered front and side edges respectively 11 and 12, inclosing the entrance portion 14 of the body, which reaches substantially to the center of the trap, and open to a semi-circular recess 15 in the body.

Journaled in the sides 12 is a transverse spindle 17, at the axial center of the recess 15, the spindle extends through at one end and has formed with it a crank 18, having a handle 19 by which it may be rotated.

Secured upon the spindle is a wooden cylinder 20, having upon it, at one end, the inner coil of a helical iat spring 22, the outer coil of which is engaged with a fixed rod or pin 23, set in the frame, and adjacent to the spring on the spindle is a ratchet 24, engaged with a pawl 25, pivoted 1n the frame, the arrangement being such that as the spring is wound, the ratchet holds the spring under tension until the pawl is released.

Secured in the cylinder 20 are four radial plates 28, having cut-out portions 29 to provide room for the spring 22, the plates being otherwise essentially rectangular' and adapted to rotate Within the recess 15.

Secured in the horizontal plane of the spindle 17, between the sides 12, fixed to the wall l1 is a fixed narrow plate 30, containing a slot 31, adjacent to which is a raised bracket 32, carrying a pin 33 on which is pivoted a lever 34, formed at its outer extending end with a rentrantly curved, spring loop 35, while the lower, bent end 36 of the lever is formed into a sphere 37, operatively engaged vwithin an opening` 38, in a sliding detent 40, movable below the fixed plate 30 and held thereagainst by a rigid bracket 41.

Fixed in the outer end ofthe sliding detent 40 is a pin 43 normally drawn below the outer edge of the plate 30 by a coiled tension spring 44, fixed in the bracket 41 at one end, and with the pin 43 at the other.

Secured upon each of the rotatable plates 28 are brackets 50 in which, journaled on the pins 51, are bell crank levers, one of their arms 52, carrying a lure or bait'53, while the other arm 54 has an outwardly bent extension 55, having a detent lug 56 at its extremity, adapted to make contact with the curved loop 35 as the plates 28 are moved past. A stop bar 57 is engaged with the bell-crank lever so as to limit the movement of the lever.

Movable in a recess formed in the bottom of the body 10, so as to pass transversely across the opening 14, is a plate 60, having a central opening 61, and voperable .by the handle 62. This plate is also recessed lon-- gitudinally and adapted to receive an interior sliding plate 64, having a handle 65, while attached so as to extend below the plate 60 is a netted wire basket 66 which, when the inner plate 64 is withdrawn, receives vthe kanimal caught in the trap a-nd maintains the same therein.

In operation, the spring 22, having been wound by the extending handle 19, until suiiicient tension has been attained, and the pawl 25 raised, the structure is in condition for operation. Upon an animal entering uponthe exposed plate 28, as shown in Fig. 1, and moving the lure so as to release the detent 56 from the bent loop 35, the spring 44 immediately retracts the plate 40, releasing the rotatable plate 28, allowing it to move down under the impetus of the spring 22, carrying with it the animal or whatever may be resting upon its upper surface,

that time the transverse cover plate '(itwill have been withdrawn.

When the neXt succeeding plate arrives ata horizontal position, the end of the lever 55`makes contact with the extending'loop 35, pressing the same rearwardly andv through the lever connection 36, presses the top plate 40 outward iso asl to 4intercept and prevent further movement of `the next plate 28 the ydetent 56 son the lnext plate automatically lengagggin'g withfthe end 'of the loop 35 so as tov reset the trap.

lli/'hen it lis adesired 'to remo-ve 'the animal caught within the basket 66, 'the sliding plateneli is placed in aosition,'the handle 62 withdrawn, together'fwith the platel 60 and 2basket so that the animals ycaught :may be disposed of in any convenient manner.

Having'lthus described :my invention what l .claim as nenv and desire to secure byLetters Patent, is.

1. In a mouse trap, the combination with Y a body having a `through "opening, and a semi-circular recess in its rear portion, of a spindle mounted transverse 'in .said body at the axial 'center of said semi-circular recess, a spring operatively engaged with said spindle, a plurality of radially Idisposed ,plates secured to said spindle, bell-crank 'levers'mounted upon the upper surfaces of said plates, lures engaged therewith, a sliding detent engageable with said plates whereby lthey' are held successively in a horizontal position, means 4for actuating said detent and 'means combined with said bell-crank levers on said plate for `operating said 'actuating levers, whereby saidplates are consecutively .released and allowed to rotate from a horizontal to a vertical position.

2; In .a mouseitrap, the combination with a body, 'a spindle 'mounted `transversely therein, a Aplurality 'of plates engaged rasecutively releasing-'said 'plates for rotation :Eromahorizontalto a vertical position, and

means adapted I"tofbe brought into contact with said loop `for resetting said udetent so as to engage with the lnextsucceeding plate A'for resetting saidA trap.

3. A mouse trap comprising a casing, a spindle journaled 'transversely therein, and 4a spring 'engagedwith'said 'spindle whereby it is rotated, of means for tensioning said spring, va plurality 'of radially disposed lplates secured to lsaid spindle, a casing in which said plates rotate, ya movable detent engageable 'with each ofsa'id plates, a lever for actuating said movable detent, -a spring loop combined with said lever, 'bell crank levers mounted upon the -upper surfaces of said plates, lures engaged therewith, means ffor actuating said detent, and means combined withy said'bell-crank levers,whereby said plates are consecutively `released and allowed to rotate from a horizontal to a vertical position, and a receptacle for the caught animal.

4. In a'mouse trap, the combinationwith a plurality of rotatably'pmounted plates, and

vmeans "for normallyholdng said plates in an operative position, of means for rotating "said plates, means voperable 'by a lure for releasing lsaid plates, 'a Vplate removably mounted in .the trap, a netting into which fthe animals are delivered suspended from said plate, 'said' plate 'having a central'open- -n'ig,and aremovable 'closure for Jclosing said `opening when the-.plate and' netting are removed. Y

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